Changing the legal status of chimpanzees, elephants, dolphins, whales and other autonomous entities from "objects" without rights to "legal entities" with substantial rights such as the right to freedom and bodily integrity; developing law, moral values, current scientific knowledge and human experience in order to consider additional characteristics/aspects that may establish recognition of legal personhood for non-human animals and their substantial rights; developing public and legal activities to promote recognition of non-human animals as deserving moral and legal consideration for their interests for their own sake, freely among their own kind and while protecting their natural habitats; also to support, empower and cooperate with individuals and organizations in Israel and worldwide working toward similar goals; building a broad coalition of organizations and individuals to advance recognition of substantial rights for non-human animals; acting through education and publicity to promote understanding of the foundations of social, historical, political and legal justice in the organization's aims, as well as current scientific knowledge about the development and cognitive and emotional complexity of other species; transferring non-human animals to suitable environments for them
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Environment and animals